Combined halter and bridle.



A. DREW.

COMBINED HALTER AND BRIDLE.

APPLICATION FILI-:D APR. 3. 1916.

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A. DREW. COMBINED HALTER *AND VBRIDL. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3". 191s.

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ARTHUR DREW', or BUFFALO, WYOMING. j

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR DREW, a'

citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Johnson and State of Wyoming, have invented new and useful Improvements inV Combined Halters and Bridles, of which the following is amspecifi-4 cation. f i This invention relates to combined halters and bridles, and it has for its object to produce a simple and effective halter which may also be utilized as a hackamore riding bridle or driving bridle.

A further object of the invention is to pro'- duce an improved halter which may be ef fectively and inexpensively constructed of` rope in connection with metallic clamp plates, the improved halter being one of eX- ceptional strength and durability.

A further object of the invention is to produce a halter which may be made of two pieces of rope in connection with metallic clamp plates and in such a manner as to avoid as far as possible the use of joints whereby the structure will be weakened.

A further object of the invention is to produce a halter which by the addition of a bit may be utilized as a ridingl bridle and which by the further addition of blinders may be used as a driving bridle.

llVith1 these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modiiicavtions within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,-

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved halter.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the halter with the addition of bit and blinders; Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing, separated from each other, the two parts of the improved bridle, each of which is made of a single piece of rope or other material.

Fig. et is an enlarged detail view ofthe Specicatfion of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1916. Serial No. 88,550.

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loop 33 and adjacent `parts,vthe rope parts` having been loosened for th ness. L v

Fig. 4b is a perspective detail view ofthe plate J detached. l

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail views of the difplates used in connection with the device. f Y

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing one of the blinders detached; i

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved halter is preferably made of rope 1n connection with connecting and securing devices consisting of vclamp plates and the like; two pieces of rope being employed to produce the entire halter. A good quality of rope is preferred on account of lightness, strength and inexpensive'ness, but 1t is desired to be understood that other material, such as leather, may be used.

The two pieces kof rope which are designated,respectively, by A and B, are so arranged that one of said pieces, A, will form the crown, one cheek piece and the throat latch, while the other piece, B, will consti-v tute the other cheek piece and the nose band. The rope A, moreover, forms a'supporting member for a guide ring-through which a loop or bight of the nose strap is guided, ring with which al tie rope may be connected, said tie link constie sakeof cleartuting also a stop whereby disengagement of the nose strap from the guide ring is prevented. Y

Referring now to the drawings, it will be Said clamp plate also hasasleeve 22 which is spaced from and disposed substantially at right angles to the sleeves 21. The bight of the loop 18 projects below the sleeves 21,

and the side portions thereof are connected i i together by a clamping ring 23 which will obstruct the withdrawal of the side portions 19, 20 upwardly through the sleeves 21, and which may be adjusted to permit such with-` drawal to be partially effected for the purpose of enabling the bridle to be fitted to the heads of animals of various sizes.

F is a substantially triangular clamp plate having sleeves 24, 25, 26, there being two' sleeves 24 which are disposed in axial alinement and which are engaged with the side portions 16, 19 of the loops 15, 18 at the intersection thereof.

' piece, the crown and the throat latch. The

latter which is designated by Gr is formed in part by an extension of the side portion 20 of the crown'whichcis doubled on itself Vto form a loop 27 in the bight of which a snap hook 28 is supported. rEhe side. portion 17 of the loop which constitutes Vthe cheek piece has an extension 29. rEhe latter, in conjunction with i the loop 27,y is several times folded to pro- Yso Y `sleeve 22 of portions 39, of the loop 38 constitute the by means of duce a double supporting loo-p 31 in the bightof which a guide ring 32 is supported, said rope portions being also folded to produce a double loop 33 surrounding the throat latch, the shank portions ofb the rope inter# mediate the loops 31, 33 constituting a con necting member or shank 34. The terminals 35 of the rope A are secured von the shank a clamp wire 36, and the rope portions constituting said shank or connecting member are connected together near the lower end of the shank by a clamp wire '37.

The rope B is doubled to produce a loop 38, the bight of which is supported in the the clamp plate E. The side second cheek piece H of the halter, and said gaged with 'the sleeves 4l, 42 of a clamp plate J which is of a construction similar to that of the clamp plate F, said plate being of triangular formation having at the two sides thereof the sleeves 41, 42 and at the third side a pair of axially alining sleeves 43. The side portions 39, 40 are extended and folded to-produce coils 44, 45 constitut- Y ing the nosestrap K, a portion of which is guided through the guide ring Y32 to produce a loop 46 carrying a tie ring 47, the ring 2T being of such dimensions as to render withdrawal of the loop 46 through the guide ring V32 impossible. The' terminals of the rope B are clamped by means of wire clamps Y 48 on the portions of the coils 44, 45 which go to constitute the loop 46. The coils 44, 45 are conined in sleeves 49 of a clamp plate L which has an additional sleeve 5G engaging the bight of the loo-p 15, the sideportions of which constitute the cheek piece C,

which latter is thus connected withone side of the nose band. One of the coils,'45, of the nose strap 4K is confined inthe sleeves 43 of cheek piece H.

one sideportion 30 of which thus serves to connect the other side lThe clamp plate E is provided intermediate the sleeves 21 and 22 with an eye 51 with which the snap hook 28 carried in the bight of the loop constituting the major part of the throatlatch Gr may be connected.

Blinders V52 may be detachably clamped on the cheek pieces o-f the bridle, said blinders being connected with a bifurcated strap 53 which is detachably connected with the crown D. The clamp plates J and L are each provided witha slot 54, said slot being for the Vattachment of straps 55 supporting a bit 56. The bit, however, is obviously used'only when the device is utilized as a bridle, and the blinders only when the bridle is usedr for driving purposes. When the device is used as a halter,.the bit and the blinders will be detached.

As will be seen from the foregoing description, the component partsof the halter, to wit, the crown, cheek pieces and the nose band are composed feach of two leads or thicknesses of rope. Only two pieces or lengths being employed it follows that joints are few in number, thereby insuring great strength which is further insured -by the avoidance of stitching, the terminals of each rope being secured by wire clamps. The shank member that connects the throat rlatch with the nose band is formedv of four thicknesses of rope, vand the guide -fring carried by said shank andthrough which portion of thenose band is guided permits the nose band to be tightenedv about the nose of the animal by Ysimply pulling on the tie rope which is Vconnected'withthe link carried by the looped portion of the nose band, enabling the device to be'usedy as a hackamore in turning or breaking animals. The halter mayV be very conveniently secured or detached bymeans of a snap hook 28 engaging the eyef51. An important and valuable feature of the device resides in the facility with which it may bevadjusted to-t the heads of animals of various sizes by lengthening or shortening thatportion of the kloop which constitutes the crown D which extends through the sleeves 21 ofthe clamp plate E andthe side portionsof which 19, 2O are clampedtogether by the ring 23. The ,several clamp plates may be suitably construct-l ed of malleable iron, it being understood that the sleeves of said clamp platesV are bent about the rope members with which they are to be connected, said sleeves .being formed, as will be best seen in Figs. 5, 6

a looped expensive and thoroughly useful for the purpose for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A halter composed of two pieces of rope, one piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its lower end, a crown having a looped extension, a throat latch having a loop, and a looped shank depending from the throat latchythe other piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its upper end, and a nose band, the latter including two coils of rope, clamp members whereby7 the cheek pieces are connected with the nose band at opposite sides thereof, a clamp plate on the first mentioned rope at the intersection of the portions of said rope constituting the cheek piece, the throat latch and the crown, and a clamp plate by means of which the loop of the cheek piece formed by the last mentioned rope is connected adjustably with the looped extension of the crown, said looped extension being provided with a clamp ring to retain it in adjusted position.

2. A halter composed of two pieces of rope, one piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its lower end, a crown having a looped-extension, a throat latch having a loop, and a looped shank depending from the throat latch; the other piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its upper end, and a nose band, the latter including two coils of rope,

clamp members whereby the cheek pieces are connected with the nose band atopposite sides thereof, a clamp plate on the rst mentioned rope at the intersection of the portions of said rope constituting the cheek piece, the throat latch and the crown, and a clamp plate by means of which the loop of the cheek piece formed by the last mentioned rope is connected adjustably. with the looped extension of the crown, said looped extension being provided with a clamp ring to retain it in adjusted position, the loop of the throat latch having a snap hook connected therewith, and the clamp plate connecting the loop of the cheek formed by the last mentioned rope with the looped extension of the crown formed by the first mentioned rope having an eye for engagement with said snap hook. I

3. A halter composed of two pieces of rope, one piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its lower end, a crown having a looped extension, a-throat latch having a loop, and a looped shank depending from the throat latch; the other piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its upper end, and a nose Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing-the Gommissioner of Patents, Y

band, the latter including two coils of rope,

clamp members whereby the cheek pieces are connected with the nose band at opposite sides thereof, a clamp plate on the first mentioned rope at the intersection of the portions of said rope constituting the cheek piece, the throat latch and the crown, and.

a clamp plate .by means of which the loop of the cheek piece formed by the last mentioned rope is connected adjustably with the looped extension of the crown, said looped extension being provided with a clamp ring to retain it in adjusted position, the looped shank depending from the throatlatch having a guide ring through which a looped portion of the nose band is guided.

4. A halter composed of two vpieces of rope, one piece being folded to produce a cheek piece having a loop at its lower end,

a crown having a looped extension, a throat latch having avloop, andra looped shank depending from the throat latch; the other piece being folded to produce a cheek piece looped extension being provided with a clamp ring to retain it in adjusted position, the looped shank depending from the throat latch having a guide ring through which a looped portion of the nose band is guided, andsaid looped portion of the nose. band having a tie ring to prevent the withdrawal thereof through the guide ring and for the attachment of a tie rope.

5. A rope halter including a crownf formed of an elongated looped rope portion, a cheek piece formed of a looped rope portion, a clamp plate having a sleeve engaging the loop of the cheek piece, and additional substantially parallel sleeves through which the side portions of the loop lconstituting the crown are guided, the portion of the loop projecting beyond said sleeves being provided with a clamp ring adjustable thereon to prevent the withdrawal of said portions through the sleeves;

` In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y l A ARTHURl DREW.

Witnesses: i

THOMAS M. DALL,

H. L. INMAN.

Washington, D. C.

'the looped extension of the crown, said 

